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Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #76
Trusted Traveler expansion, Australia's light-handed airport regulation, spotlight on outsourced airport screening, Spain's ghost airports, fixing TSA's broken technology procurements
February 8, 2012In this issue:
- Trusted Traveler expansion
- Australia’s light-handed airport regulation
- Outsourced airport screening in the spotlight
- Spain’s ghost airports
- Fixing TSA’s broken technology procurements
- Upcoming Conferences
- News Notes
- Quotable Quotes
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #75
Secondary barriers more cost-effective than air marshals, EU airlines protest high speed rail subsidies, TSA checked-luggage screening fiasco, taxiing airliners with the engines off
January 10, 2012In this issue:
- Secondary barriers more cost-effective than air marshals
- EU airlines protest high-speed rail subsidies
- TSA’s checked-luggage screening fiasco
- Taxiing airliners with the engines off
- News Notes
- Quotable Quote
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #74
Landmark noise settlement in Ft. Lauderdale, backscatter body scanners under new scrutiny, niche airlines and airports test new business models
December 9, 2011In this issue:
- Landmark noise settlement in Ft. Lauderdale
- Backscatter body scanners under new scrutiny
- Europe’s “Better Airports” report--not
- Niche airlines and airports test new business models
- Airport finance Webinar next week
- News Notes
- Quotable Quotes
TSA's PreCheck Trusted Traveler Program Is a Good Idea, But Has Some Big Flaws
November 7, 2011, 12:01pmThe TSA has rolled out the test phase of its PreCheck trusted traveler program at American’s hubs at Miami and Dallas/Ft. Worth and Delta’s hubs at Atlanta and Detroit. As an AA Platinum member flying mostly out of Miami (MIA), I volunteered and got selected.
So far, I’ve used the program twice—and both times I did not have to remove my shoes, belt, or jacket, nor did I have to take anything out of my bag (neither laptop nor liquids).
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #73
Replacing federal airport grants with PFCs, cheering TSA's PreCheck, security theater vs. risk-based approach to cargo screening
November 4, 2011In this issue:
- Could PFCs replace federal airport grants?
- Two cheers for TSA’s PreCheck
- Why the rise in runway incursions?
- Cargo screening—security theater vs. risk-based approach
- Can privatization fix Brazil’s airports?
- News Notes
- Quotable Quotes
"Get Your Freak On" Baggage Screener Gets Disciplined by TSA
October 26, 2011, 9:57pmThe TSA continues to find ways to violate air travelers. After a baggage screener left Jill Filipovic, who was flying from Newark Airport to Dublin, Ireland, a note in her luggage that said, “Get your freak on girl,” I’m dismayed to see that the TSA only “disciplined” the screener who wrote a “highly inappropriate note” in the bag that was searched.
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- TSA's PreCheck Trusted Traveler Program Is a Good Idea, But Has Some Big Flaws
Robert Poole
November 7, 2011, 12:01pm - "Get Your Freak On" Baggage Screener Gets Disciplined by TSA
Robert Poole
October 26, 2011, 9:57pm - TSA Isn't Looking for Guns In Checked Luggage - And You Don't Want Them To Start
Robert Poole
October 24, 2011, 3:32pm - TSA Security Fee: Another Federal Revenue Grab
Samuel Staley
September 28, 2011, 9:16am - Airport Policy and Security Newsletter: Airport Security 10 Years After 9/11
Taking Stock of Aviation Security Since 9/11
Robert Poole
September 9, 2011, 2:54pm - New at Reason: Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy
February 10, 2011, 3:32pm - TSA Blocks Private Screeners Despite Success and Good Reasons to Outsource Airport Security
Robert Poole
January 31, 2011, 12:13pm - Will Airports Punt TSA?
Adrian Moore
January 2, 2011, 6:48pm - Piling On For Sanity in Airport Security?
Adrian Moore
December 27, 2010, 2:17pm - The Case for Profiling Air Travelers
Robert Poole
December 10, 2010, 11:38am - Israeli air security experts insist their methods better than U.S.
Adrian Moore
November 27, 2010, 11:33pm - It's Not About NO Airport Security, but BETTER Airport Security
Adrian Moore
November 27, 2010, 6:06pm - TSA: Travel is a Privilege
Samuel Staley
November 26, 2010, 2:56pm - Only 400 of 2,200 Body Scanners Are In Place at Airports So Outrage at TSA Likely to Grow as More Are Installed
Robert Poole
November 24, 2010, 10:05pm - TSA Pat Downs Kill
Adrian Moore
November 24, 2010, 12:48pm - Robert Poole Talks Airport Security on CNBC
November 23, 2010, 10:54am - Getting TSA Out of Passenger Screening
November 19, 2010, 2:03pm - TSA Needs a Risk-Based Approach to Airport Security
Robert Poole
November 17, 2010, 2:13pm - Still Fighting the Last War on Air Cargo
Robert Poole
November 2, 2010, 8:55pm - Tarmac Delay Rule Will Cause Flight Cancellations
Robert Poole
April 29, 2010, 8:40pm - Get Government Out of the Airport Security Screening Business
Robert Poole
April 9, 2010, 12:48pm - Steps to Fix Airport Security
Robert Poole
January 15, 2010, 12:20pm - Is This the Oversight for Security We Need? 88 is the Same Number as Piano Keys
Shirley Ybarra
January 9, 2010, 10:54pm - We're The TSA and You Can Count on Us!
Adrian Moore
January 7, 2010, 8:43pm - Is TSA Two-Faced on Private Airport Screening?
Leonard Gilroy
January 7, 2010, 8:20pm - Obama Settles for a Field Goal on National Security
Adrian Moore
January 7, 2010, 7:55pm - How Israel Screens for Terrorists
Adrian Moore
January 6, 2010, 9:04pm - More on (NOT) Unionizing Airport Security
Shirley Ybarra
January 6, 2010, 10:57am - Unionize Airport Security? Yeah, That Will Help . . .
Adrian Moore
January 5, 2010, 7:07pm - Laughing at US Airport Security
Adrian Moore
January 4, 2010, 11:50am - Who is Watching the Watchmen?
Adrian Moore
January 2, 2010, 7:07am - Fixing Airport Security--Not More, but Better
Adrian Moore
December 31, 2009, 6:19pm - President Obama on Airport Security Failure
Robert Poole
December 29, 2009, 6:12pm - Flight 253 to Detroit Shows How Our Airport Security Lacks Focus
Robert Poole
December 29, 2009, 11:10am - Attempted Flight Bomber Was a Known Terrorist and Was Allowed to Fly
Adrian Moore
December 26, 2009, 2:54pm - How Might TSA Screw Up Repair Stations?
Robert Poole
December 2, 2009, 5:34pm - Airport Security (Lack Thereof) or the Right Methods?
Shirley Ybarra
November 9, 2009, 10:46am - Improving Transportation Security
Robert Poole
September 17, 2009, 1:14pm - Registered Traveler Breakthrough Would Improve Airport Security
Robert Poole
June 16, 2009, 3:45pm - TSA Coming Up Short on Cargo Checks
Robert Poole
March 17, 2009, 10:46am - Who Is Going to Pay for Air Cargo Screening?
Robert Poole
February 6, 2009, 12:17pm - Good News and Bad News on Trusted Traveler
Robert Poole
August 18, 2008, 8:53pm - TSA Doesn't Look Into Airport Security Screener Failures
Robert Poole
August 13, 2008, 1:11pm - Registered Traveler Computer Loss: Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing
Robert Poole
August 6, 2008, 9:07am - Feds Want to Search Your Laptop and Cell Phone
Chris Mitchell
March 5, 2008, 12:48pm - Laugh or cry at airport security?
Adrian Moore
October 24, 2007, 6:30am - Conflict of Interest Still a Live Issue for TSA
Adrian Moore
December 9, 2006, 8:45pm - Do Dems promise worse aviation security?
Adrian Moore
November 27, 2006, 5:44am - New at Reason.org: Aviation Security Gets an "F"
Chris Mitchell
January 30, 2006, 11:34am
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